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OEMs Continue to Diversify MaaS, Expand UX
The industry’s transition away from traditional vehicle ownership models to new mobility service options was discussed by industry leaders at the 2018 SAE WCX panel, “Shared Mobility: 365 Days...
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Why Car Washes Threaten Automated Vehicles
What can happen to a vehicle equipped with advanced driver assistance systems inside an automated car wash? Havoc and damage are just two results, according to a recent 36-page report released by...
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OTA Will Drive Cybersecurity Programs
Connecting vehicles with the Internet means that cybersecurity is now a necessity that must be designed into nearly every piece of automotive hardware and software. Security schemes will have to include...
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Big Data Issues, Security Challenges May Slow Connected Car Info Usage
Connectivity gives automakers and industry suppliers a wealth of data, but it’s not going to be easy to turn that data into useful information. Deciding how much of...
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Bob Lutz at SAE WCX 2018: ‘It’s All Over’ for Brands, Driving Pleasure
Speaking to a crowd of hundreds of engineers at SAE International’s WCX 2018 in Detroit, long-serving auto-industry executive and revered “car guy” Bob Lutz...
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Ford SmartLink Brings Wireless Connectivity to Older-Model Vehicles
Smartphone control of key fob commands, geo-fencing monitoring, and security alerts are among the connectivity upgrades that owners of older model Ford Motor Co. vehicles...
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Jaguar, Waymo to Partner for Automated Driving with New I-Pace EV
Alphabet’s Waymo automated-driving unit aLand Rover announced prior to the 2018 New York auto show the two companies will partner with Jaguar Land Rover to develop...
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Former FCA ‘Viper’ Plant in Detroit to Become Multi-Use Facility
FiatChrysler announced in mid-March that its “sundowned” Conner Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit will be converted to a new multi-use display and meeting space. The...
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Déjà Vu: Vertical Integration Returns
The relentless flurry of technology linkups and acquisitions borne by OEMs and suppliers in sensors, software, artificial intelligence, mobility capabilities, and those offering innovative business...
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Rolls-Royce Sees a Future in Connected Engines
Richard Goodhead, Senior Vice President Marketing, Civil Aerospace at Rolls-Royce, sees the changes that will result from the company’s IntelligentEngine, launched as a concept in early...
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SAE Government/Industry 2018: AT&T Reaffirms Mobile 5G Trials, DSRC ‘Still Alive’
In Washington, DC, at the 2018 SAE Government/Industry meeting this week, cellular-communications giant AT&T affirmed in a session on...
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China Flies with ADS-B In
With air traffic in China steadily growing, efforts to update air-traffic-management systems are vital to maintaining air safety. The path to modernized, networked, NextGen air-traffic communications, aviation...
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Toyota Unveils Autonomous E-Commerce Concept Vehicle, Development Alliance
Toyota used the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), to reveal an all-new, battery-electric commercial vehicle targeted for emerging e-commerce and mobility...
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Driverless Cars and Freeway Traffic Flow
The integration of driverless cars onto multilane freeways brings challenges for vehicle and infrastructure planners, not the least of which is ever increasing congestion. The threshold for serious...
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SAE Granted Special Consultative Status with the United Nations
After a nearly 18-month process to gain Special Consultative Status with the United Nations (UN) as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), SAE International was formally...
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VW I.D. CROZZ Makes World Debut at Auto Shanghai 2017
Possibly one of the most significant things to so far come out of Auto Shanghai 2017 was courtesy of Volkswagen with the introduction of the I.D. CROZZ concept—the company’s first...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Mass Flow Meter
The MicroTRICOR TCM-100 Coriolis mass flow meter from AW-Lake Company (Oak Creek, WI) is the smallest TRICOR Coriolis meter designed for the accurate measurement of very low flow rates. It is suitable for dosing, blending and...
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SAE Collaborates on Clean Cars Project
In early 2016, the Washington State Department of Ecology issued a request for proposals for the Puget Sound Clean Cars Stormwater Partnership, a collaborative research project concerning vehicle...
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WCX17: 3M Enabling Machine Vision for Self-Driving Vehicles
3M is leveraging its 78-year history in lane markings and retroreflective traffic sign material to develop products for the automated driving environment.
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Ricardo’s Prof. Neville Jackson Elected an SAE Fellow
Recently elected an SAE Fellow, Prof. Neville Jackson is Chief Technology and Innovation Officer of Ricardo plc. He is also a member of the Boards of Ricardo Innovations and Ricardo Inc....
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Lucid Motors’ David Moseley: EV or ICE, “It Is All Physics”
As Director, Powertrain, CAE Crash & Safety for electric-vehicle startup Lucid Motors, David Moseley may hold one of the most intriguing—and possibly even...
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SAE WCX17 Preview
On the centennial of the Society of Automotive Engineers’ first “Annual Meeting” in 1917, the organization is evolving the mobility sector’s all-encompassing collaborative gathering—long known as World...
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Attacking the Cybersecurity Threat
SAE Standards News aims to update readers on the extensive activity in the SAE Global Ground Vehicle Standards development arena, by more than 800 ground vehicle committees comprised of volunteers from global...
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Focus for 2017: Cyber, Connected-Car, EV Charging, Vehicle Autonomy
Our new section, SAE Standards News, aims to update readers on the extensive activity in the SAE Global Ground Vehicle Standards development arena, by more than 800 ground...
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Debating Government's Role in V2X
While U.S. regulators were preparing the first policy guidance on autonomous-vehicle testing and development, released Sept. 20, OEMs were discussing whether they can achieve broad usage of...
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SAE Survey: Mobility Engineers Getting Younger
SAE International recently released the results of its 2016 Mobility Engineering Professionals Salary Survey that also includes an interactive online Salary Calculator. Among the survey's key...
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Bad Gas?
It’s often the case with proverbs that many are of uncertain derivation. That’s true of one of my go-to favorites: “May you live in interesting times.”
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Mahindra Launches E2o ElectriCity Car in the UK
Mahindra recently made its entry into the UK automotive market with the launch of the e2o electric city car. Designed specifically for easy urban commuting, the Mahindra e2o features several...
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OEMs and Tier 1s Prepare for China Uncertainty, Disruptions
As headwinds buffet China's economy, automotive OEMs and Tier 1s are expecting many changes in the near term. At the recent Global Automotive Forum in Chongqing, experts predicted...
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